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Created: March 10, 2021 08:51 AM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. An East Mountains neighborhood is howling with joy after Albuquerque Public Schools announced they will look for other locations to build a voter-approved school bus depot. We ve been elated and excited, exuberant, all those big feelings, said Amy Owen who lives near Rincon Loop just outside of Tijeras. She has been organizing with neighbors to stop APS from building a bus depot nearby. We had a massive amount of support. A lawyer hired by the neighbors said APS is restricted to only build an elementary school there and on Monday, APS legal counsel sent an email stating they d be permanently abandoning building at that site. ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... In 1989, Albuquerque Pubic Schools approved a covenant variance to set aside the 13 acres it had purchased at Shady Oak Circle and North Zamora “for future development as an elementary school.” But now, APS has decided that property should be a bus depot – without notifying taxpayers, neighbors or parents. Local residents are rightly questioning why there has been no outreach to explain a depot project on the site, capable of accommodating 50 buses with an 80-space parking lot. APS says it would save money because buses now maintained in Albuquerque would be closer to East Mountain routes. In fact, in November 2019, voters approved a $290 million mill levy and bond package for APS construction projects that included three school bus depots, including one in the East Mountains. But nowhere did it say where in the East Mountains the depot would be located. ....